Posted on January 13, 2020 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Kick-off the new year with a new Factory Five and save $2,020 PLUS up to $1,049 additional! Order now, and get $2,020 of free options on ANY Factory Five! In addition, the first ten (10) can choose between free powder-coating ($499) or free leather seat upgrade ($549). Also, our partners…Read More
Posted on January 13, 2020 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
January 16 - 20, Boston, MA We made a last minute addition to our 2020 show and event schedule, and have decided to attend the huge New England International Auto Show this coming weekend in Boston, MA! Join us at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The show kicks off…Read More
Posted on January 10, 2020 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale January 11 - 19, Scottsdale, AZ The huge Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event kicks-off on Saturday, January 11, and the Factory Five crew is there in force. We have our show and event truck loaded up with our latest cars, and we are building a Mk4 Roadster LIVE during the…Read More
Posted on January 2, 2020 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
2020 is our 25 year anniversary, and we have a great line-up of events to celebrate! Check out 2020 schedule! Click here to view Factory Five's 2020 show and event schedule.Read More
Posted on December 30, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We are not only at the end of a memorable year, we are at the headwaters of an all-new decade! 2019 was a really great year, and 2020 is our 25th anniversary! Over the quarter century, we have built a remarkable company, epic cars, and an amazing community. We’ve written…Read More
Posted on December 10, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Specifics: Two seat build-it-yourself sports car developed as our latest generation spaceframe chassis. Sub 2,400 lbs. target vehicle weight, 104" wheelbase, 78" body width, and 46" overall height. Full carbon fiber body with clear coat finish. Production start estimate late 2020/Q1 2021. Cost TBD. The front nose is the competition…Read More
Posted on November 13, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Opening Day, Tuesday Nov. 5, 2019 The first day of SEMA is always the most exciting as it is when we all get a complete view of the latest, greatest, and newest cars in the industry. We got a great start to the show with an indoor booth that showcased…Read More
Posted on November 11, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
A Message from the Crew at Factory Five "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" is one of the most famous phrases contained in the United States Declaration of Independence. It was signed in 1776 by our country's forefathers, and these rights have not been dishonored in over 200 years…Read More
Posted on November 4, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
SEMA is the Super Bowl of car shows, and along with our latest and greatest factory cars, we are always fortunate to have some over-the-top customer cars. For a small company, the sheer number of Factory Five cars spread out throughout the show is always something I am very proud…Read More
Posted on November 4, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Meet the very newest Factory Five, the Speedstar! The Ridler Award-winning Speedstar body now drives as good as it looks with the proven Factory Five performance Hot Rod chassis underneath! We bought Rat's Glass Bodies last year, and this all-new shape is the first result of that acquisition. Click here…Read More
Posted on November 2, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This isn't exactly a SEMA preview, BUT while we have been working for the past few months on all of the SEMA cars, we have ALSO been busy with a huge project next door. We are building an all-new 12,000 square foot building and installing a new 225 kW solar…Read More
Posted on November 1, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Next year is our 25th Anniversary, and so we built simply the best Factory Five Mk4 Roadster we could build to celebrate this huge milestone. The car is on it's way to SEMA, and will be featured prominently in the Factory Five outdoor display accompanied by customer Dale Anthony's stunning…Read More
Posted on November 1, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
One of the most exciting vehicles we have ever built was a project with 2018 NASCAR Champion Joey Logano. We installed a 800 HP Roush-Yates NASCAR motor into a Factory Five Hot Rod Truck. The result was an insane drift truck that saw close to 1 million views on Facebook.…Read More
Posted on October 30, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We are excited to have the Hot Rod Magazine build project Factory Five Truck of Mark Gearhart's in our indoor booth at SEMA this year. Mark has built some very impressive machines, and his Truck is being featured currently in the hallowed pages of Hot Rod as well as hotrod.com.…Read More
Posted on October 30, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
This year for SEMA, we built an all-new Factory Five half mobile for our best-selling Mk4 Roadster. The car is a running, driving Mk4 with a monster 535 HP 351W/427 engine running on race gas. The car was designed to be a period-correct 427 replica complete with 15" Halibrand wheels,…Read More
Posted on October 26, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
At this year's SEMA Show, we will have Team PDG's Factory Five GTM in our booth hot off of it's remarkable season with wins in three major racing categories! Owners Richard and Yvonne Migliori will be at the show along with championship driver Carl Rydquist at the Factory Five display…Read More
Posted on October 25, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We've been working on an all-new front engine supercar design for over a year. The chassis is a derivative of the proven and high-performance Gen 3 Type 65 Coupe. The body is an all-new, original, and modern Factory Five design. The plan is for the body to be delivered in…Read More
Posted on October 24, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We built a '33 Hot Rod complete running and driving with half of a body so that customers can see the chassis, suspension, running gear, and lines as well as sit in the car and try it on for size. We did this once before with our Mk4 Roadster, and…Read More
Posted on October 22, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
We've been working hard on plans to celebrate our 25th Anniversary next year. One of the most important part of this celebration is our 25th Anniversary Mk4 Roadster. Customers have been asking about the pending 25th Anniversary Special Edition Mk4 Roadster as we did 15 and 20 year models (that…Read More
Posted on October 17, 2019 by Dave Lindsey in What's New
Our good friends at SEMA (the Specialty Equipment Market Association) have reluctantly filed a petition in federal court to require the government to allow replica car manufacturers to immediately begin production under a 2015 law referred to as the Low Volume Manufacturers Law. Read the press release below: SEMA Sues…Read More
